Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-23
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention.

winds.
 LOCAL NEWS.
 Brief Mention.
 The latest in stationery at Dormsu's.
 Bargains in pianos at 643 Chapel street.
 The State Normal school will close on Fri day.
 Large discount to Sunday schools at North rop's.
 The unrivalled Chase pianos, 643 Chapel street.
 The celebrated Sterling pianos. 643 Chapel street.
 Mr. A. F. Wood, the druggist, has been ill for several weeks.
 Waterbury's toboggan slide opens for busi- ness this evening.
 Harper's for January is received and for sale by | H. Pease & Son.
 Heber Cole, the New Fairfield man who has been missing has turned up all right.
 Mr. Charles s. DeForest leaves this week for Montreal to be absent about one week.
 Hiram T. Bacon, we'll known and esteemed, died recently at the home of his family in Lyme.
 Streets Perfection buckwheat cakes are being cooked at 360 State street. Come in and try them.
 The annual election of town doctors will occur next Tuesday at the meeting of the board of selectmen.
 The colored Republican voters of Bridge- port have organized Republican club. It starts with fifty members.
 An old folks cotillion party is to be held at Sheriff Swift's Branford Point House Wednesday evening next.
 State Senator Matthews, of Waterbury, has received from his sons ranch in the West fue stuffed Rock Mountain lion.
 The Hon. Ellis Phalen, of Waterbury, has returned to Waterbury after three months stay at his old home at Birmingham, Ala.
 Six carloads of students from St. Paul's school in Concord, N H., passed through this city yesterday afternoon for their holiday vacation.
 It is stated that the Whitney avenue horse railroad company is losing $7 a day on their road and will shortly run two cars an hour instead of three. George c. Minor of Minor & Bradley, Wa terbury, who has been ill with typhoid fever, is still very low and his death was hourly ex- pected yesterday.
 The Religious Herald suggests Rev. MT. Potter, late of the First Baptist church, Hartford, for the vacant pulpit of the Park church, Hartford.
 Captain Sluyter of Hartford, whose illness dates from injuries received here on Monu- ment day, lies very low with Bright's dis ease, which followed the effects of his in juries.
 The Shore Line express which reached here early yesterday morning struck and instantly killed a man just south of the Stamford station. His name could not be learned.
 Captain A. J. Beardsley, of Bridgeport, yesterday began operations to float the big schooner Ida H. Mathis, which went ashore Sunday night off Stratford. It will cost $2OO to move her.
 It is reported that the United Lines Tele- graph company has bought oQt the Connecti- cut River Telegraph company and that there will be consolidation of both companies, to take effect January 1.
 Fire Marshal Kennedy this week issued these building permits: Daniel Dirt, to erect brick addition, 10x3O, at No. 579 Greene street; John Treat, to erect frame dwelling, 20x4O, on Wolcott street.
 magnificent lot of cut flowers of all va- rieties will arrive at Dickerman, the florists, this morning for their Christmas trade, and further supply arrives tomorrow. Christ mas trees, a splendid stock.
 The new residence of Mr Downes of Derby on the corner of Edwards street and Whitney avenue is nearly ready for occupancy. On the Lawrence street side @ stone retaining wall has just been erected.
 Dr. Charles U. Shepherd, formerly of this city, has just presented to Amherst college the valuable cabinet of minerals which he inherited some eighteen months ago from his father, the late Professor Charles U .Shep- herd
 Congressman Granger returned from Wash ington Friday. 18th, and will remain until January 3, on which date his two daughters, the Misses Mary and Carrie Granger, will ac- company him to Washington to remain about a month.
 Mrs. Sylvester Ferry, of Bristol, has curiosity in the shape of an old carpet bag, formerly the property of Mrs. Irena Barnum, mother of P. T. Barnum. The bag is of odd shape and has accompanied Mrs. Barnum to New York in a stage coach many a time.
 The mail matter is very heavy this week, keeping the stamp clerks and others at work until midnight to settle up their accounts for each day, and the letter carriers struggle along daily under the heavy burdens of cal endars, year books, reports, Christmas pres ents and letters. However, it may be Merry Christmas for them yet.
 The Toboggan club have completed prep arations for building their new slide on the tract of land they have leased from Yale col lege between Everit, Cold Spring and Orange streets. The improved plans were drafted bv Architect Robinson. The bids for the contract range from $1 200 upwards. Major W. A. Lincoln yesterday was awarded the contract to build the slide.
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